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Laxman Kumar Murmu

Dr.Laxman Kumar Murmu

Designation: Assistant Professor

Qualification: Ph.D.

Phone No.: 9090457648

ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6396-7652

VIDWAN ID: https://vidwan.inflibnet.ac.in/profile/175648

Google Scholar ID: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=KXMgFMIAAAAJ&hl=en

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Dr. Laxman Kumar Murmu obtained his M.Sc. and M.Phil. from Utkal University and Doctoral degree in Zoology from Berhampur University. ...

He briefly served as Junior Lecturer at Government women’s College, Keonjhar, for one year and three months before joining Berhampur University. He has been working as Assistant Professor in the P.G. Department of Zoology since 2012. His research interest includes Parasitology, Systematics and Ecology.

  • Parasitology, Systematic and Metagenomics

  •  11 years of Post -graduate teaching and research experiences

  • Murmu, L.K., Panda, M., Meher, B.R., Purohit, P., Behera, JP., Barik, TK. Molecular surveillance of Kelch-13 gene in Plasmodium falciparum field isolates from Mayurbhanj District, Odisha, India, and in silico artemisinin-Kelch-13 protein interaction study. Parasitol Res 122.717-717 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00436-023-07784-9
  • Nayak, B., Khuntia, B., Murmu, L.K. Sahu, B., Pandit, R S., Barik, T.K. Artificial intelligence (A.I.): a new window to revamp the vector-borne disease control. Parasitol Res (2023). 122, 369–379. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00436-022-07752-9
  • Sahoo, S., Mishra, G., Seth, J.K., Murmu, L.K., Goud, S. New Record of the Mediterranean Recluse Spider Loxosceles rufescens (Dufour) from Eastern India. Indian J. Entomol (2023).85(1),222-224. https://doi.org/10.55446/IJE.2022.803
  • Sahoo, S., Mishra, G., Seth, J.K., Murmu, L.K., Goud, S. Functional capabilities of spiders in support of sustainable agriculture. Indian J.Entomol.85(1)122-124(2023). https://doi.org/10.55446/IJE.2022.689
  • Tudu, P.C., Sajan, S., Murmu, L.K., Balakrishnan, S., Mohapatra, A. Additional Record of Oxyperas lentiginosum (Gould 1852) (Bivalvia, Mactridae) from East Coast of India and Notes on its Morpho-taxonomy. Thalassas 38,1269-1273(2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s41208-022-00462-0
  • Murmu, L.K., Barik, T.K. An analysis of Plasmodium falciparum-K13 mutations in India. J Parasit Dis.46(1)296-303 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12639-021-01425-7
  • Seth, J.K, Mohanty, S.R, Behera, A.K, Murmu, L.K, and Mohapatra A. “First record of Lobothorax typus from Odisha coast, India, with molecular characterization and observation of its biphasic moulting.” J Parasit Dis.45,1077-1083 (2021): 1-7. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12639-021-01405-x
  • Murmu, L.K., Sahu, A.A. & Barik, T.K. Diagnosing the drug resistance signature in Plasmodium falciparum: a review from contemporary methods to novel approaches. J Parasit Dis.45, 869-876 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12639-020-01333-2
  • Mohanty, S.R, Murmu, L. K., Roy, S and Mohapatra, A. First documentation of a Ophichthid eel, Ophichthus cephalozona Bleeker 1864 (Anguilliformes; Ophichthidae) from Odisha Coast. Rec. Zool. Surv. India. (2021) 121(2):303-305. https://doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v121/i2/2021/154861
  • Mohanty, S.R., Mohapatra, A and Murmu, L.K. Occurrence of rare small snake eel, Allips concolor McCosker,1972 (Anguiliformes: Ophichthidae) along Paradeep coast, Odisha, India. Rec. Zool. Surv. India. (2020) 120(3) 277–280. https://doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v120/i3/2020/149931

  • 01(One) Ph.D. Scholar: Ms. Subhashree Satapathy. Topic: Metagenomic analysis and taxonomic profiling of microbes of Tampara lake of Odisha, India. Year of registration: 2023, In-progress
  • 09 M.Sc. Students submitted their dissertation(awarded) and currently 09 M.Sc. students working for dissertation.

Studies on dynamics and diversity of bacterial endosymbionts of field collected Aedes aegypti and Culex quinquefasciatus and their possible relationship with insecticide resistance. Funding agency ICMR, Amount in Rs 52,69877/-, On-going, Role as Co-PI

  • Histology, Histochemistry, Epigenetics, Microbiology, Biochemistry, Cytology, Developmental Biology

  • CSIR-NET 2010

  • Gene sequences Submitted to NCBI databank: (03) Three with NCBI Accession number: OL999567, OK424757 and OL897320